Once I become a happier, healthy me, it’s over for you b*tches..

koda_102

What are your reasons for losing weight? Ten year high school reunion? Proving an ex-spouse wrong? Someone told you you can’t? Never been fit? Trying something new? Missing the skinny days? Struggling to put your socks on? Want to feel sexy?

Tell me what made it just click for you.

jenpettipas

How about all of the above!? Ugh!!

ExistingFish

I decided I wanted to live a long and healthy life and raise my children with good habits. It was just a choice I made, not a reaction to an outside force.

7rainbow

For me...
-To fit in my clothes again
-To feel confident again
-To love my myself again
-To hear "omg you could be a model!" again
-To leave the house in whatever I want without being self conscious again

yirara

ExistingFish wrote: »

I decided I wanted to live a long and healthy life and raise my children with good habits. It was just a choice I made, not a reaction to an outside force.

This, everyday. Nobody is a *kitten*, and I don't have to prove anything to other people. WHy should I?

snowflake954

Good luck. Just remember that it's not just appearance---people look at your character too.

nookicky

I want to feel more at ease in my body. I miss what I could do when I was more fit. I felt like I could do anything! I want that back.
I've also noticed that since I gained weight, I've stopped being treated as capable, I no longer have people expressing interest in me, and I don't get cast in as many roles as I used to in plays, shorts, etc. So it's also that. But mostly for myself and how I feel in my body.

ReenieHJ

I just wanted to shop comfortably again. I felt like nothing ever fit right or looked halfway decent. And I wanted to feel comfortable in my own skin without feeling the paranoia that everyone must be looking because I felt so huge. And yeh, of course to feel healthier, be able to breathe again going upstairs or for walks.

bubus05

H.e.l.l. sex got definitely better, I feel like an acrobat again, LOL.

dragon_girl26

My initial reasons 10 years ago when I was 240 lbs and morbidly obese: worries about health problems down the road. Also, I was in my early 30s at the time and sad that I couldn't wear cute things. I was obese for so long that I'd never gotten to really wear anything outside of the plus size section...stuff made me look old and never fit correctly to flatter my body. Self confidence was in the tank.

Reasons now: doctor thought it would help with my borderline high BP. I've stayed at 170 lbs for so long, which is still overweight. I decided to try to pick up again where I left off and maybe try for the healthy BMI range (15 to 20 lbs away from current).

Also, the title of this thread cracked me up. 😂

Jennliftsandspins

I want to live not just a long life but a vital, healthy life. I want to be able to stay active with my husband well into our retirement years.

I look at my parents and husband’s mom who never exercised and didn’t know much about nutrition and how they struggle with physical mobility and I won’t let that be me.

I also want to look and feel my best.

MaltedTea

This thread title! 🤣 Really it's an internalized thing for me: conquering demons 'n all that.

What someone (other than people on my healthcare team) thinks about my body is not much of my concern.

Poobah1972

I was suppose to get married last September.. Unfortunately Covid made that impossible. Well impossible cause my fiance and I want to do it right, and have a proper party afterward. We've never been married before and if you combine our ages this marriage has literally been over 100 years in the making. So yeah it's worth a celebration.

In 2019 we were pretty successfully losing weight together (low carbing again)... But between Christmas 2019 and then Covid we definately fell off the tracks through 2020. I must say my habits were better then in the past, so my starting point this January was better then last. But were both back to being focused and concentrating on life long changes, and it would also be big bonus to rock a suit at the wedding and fit in that beautiful wedding dress. Lol

However if my fiance keeps doing as well as she is now, she may need a complete new dress, or a very talented seamstress.

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Speakeasy76

The quicker I learned to do it for me and use internal motivation vs. some external factor like looking good for a certain event, to get revenge, etc., is when weight loss became much easier for me. Yeah, there was some external motivation like looking better in a swimsuit, but when I focused on doing it for myself and my health, that external pressure was off.

cwolfman13

When I was 38 and went in for my annual physical and had blood work done, etc my Dr. basically told me I was committing slow suicide and if I didn't get my *kitten* together I could look forward to being very sick another decade or so down the road, and probably dead by 60. My dad died at age 61 and I was showing much of the same kind of garbage going on that my dad showed in his late 30s and early 40s, so I pretty much knew the Dr. wasn't just trying to scare me straight or anything. At that time I had a 2 year old and a new born...so the thought of leaving them alone in this world at an early age, or being so sick that I couldn't play with them and just enjoy them was a non-starter...that was over 8 years ago and I've been kicking *kitten* ever since (except for 2020).

I'll be going on my 30 year reunion here in a couple of years...I'm way too old to give a rats *kitten* about that *kitten* or trying to impress people in general. The only person I need to impress is myself.

jennacole12

I was always hiding behind my children in pictures.... I was so sick of trying to scrunch up behind them. I wanted to be in pictures with them happy, not scared and worried of what the picture would look like. I wanted them to look back at the pics one day and remember the moments where mommy was 100% focused on them and not busy trying to hide her belly with shame in her eyes.

callsitlikeiseeit

i dont feel the need to prove anything or do anything for others. I simply don't care what people think of me.

The choices I made were based on my own personal health goals and not wanting to have a heart attack and stroke as my ex did, all by the time he was 40.

BarbaraHelen2013

For me, it’s about making sure that as I age I do so as independently and healthily as possible.

I don’t want to be limited in what I can do and live for years as a burden on my children by developing life limiting disease or health conditions.

I’ve never been more than half way into the overweight BMI category, but still, now approaching 60 I’m really determined that I’ll remain towards the bottom of a healthy BMI range to give my heart, lungs and joints every chance to age well. 👵🏻

ruqayyahsmum

I was given 5 years to live 😬
I was virtually immobile and as the mum of a disabled child she needed me to be able to lift her and move around carrying her

I had been told I couldn't have anymore children....... After I lost the first 100lb I had a suprise pregnancy (second trimester loss) and then fell pregnant again with my son, my little tigger on speed

I've now lost 175lb and can almost keep up with my son, he's special needs and a runner
We hike for miles with him on my back 😊

wunderkindking

I realized I would NEVER take care of my dogs as badly as myself. I feed the dogs a good diet, make sure they have fun and get exercise and have good body condition.

I... think I finally decided that I deserved at least that level of care and gave it to myself.

Sounds like some flakey thing from a self-help book but it really is the answer. I just realized I treated myself worse than I would treat even my worst enemy and said 'screw that'.

kbru19

There was a day that I looked in the mirror and couldn't lie to myself anymore that I was a healthy person despite being overweight. I knew I wasn't taking care of myself and I knew it had to stop. Moreover, I didn't like how I looked. I didn't feel like myself at that weight.

So I turned it around, built some healthier habits and feeling much better physically and emotionally.

Can't emphasize enough how much I relate to the title "Once I become a happier, healthy me, it's over for you b*tches" ...seriously how I'm feeling